Sonic unleashed a homing attack on Metal Sonic which he blocked with his black shield.

"You're going to have to do better than that! My black shield makes your homing attack useless!" stated Metal as he broke free from his shield.

As he broke free from his shield Tails made his move. Coming at him from above with many punches. Metal dodged every punch using his speed but was actually impressed.

"You've been training! You're not the weakling you once were but still it's not enough!" Metal dodged Tails' last punch and spin dashed into him.

Tails was sent flying through the air only to be caught by Sonic.

"Watch it buddy! He's much quicker and stronger!"

Tails nodded. He realised if he wanted to make a scratch on Metal he'd have to attack with much more force.

"Let me go at him! I need some revenge for him stomping me into the ground!" yelled Amy as she had her hammer appear in her hand.

"Ugh. The annoying pink roach. Come on then!" Metal said as his two hands began to transform.

"Wait!? Sonic! What's his hands doing?" Tails asked with concern.

"It looks like it's... morphing," replied the hedgehog.

"Say hello to a preview of my new skills Freedom Fighters!" Metal cackled as his hands had finished their transformation. Metal's right hand had transformed into a hammer slightly bigger than Amy's piko piko hammer and his left hand had gotten much bigger and had huge sharp claws at the end. "Come on then," said the robot with a hint of cockiness.

"You think just 'cos you got a new set of skills you can beat us? Forget it!" said Sonic as he ran at his robot doppelgänger.

Sonic punched at his rival only to have his punched dodged. Before his reflexes could kick in Metal slashed him right in the chest. Sonic yelped out of surprise only to be smacked in the face with Metal's hammer hand. Metal then began to continuously kick Sonic not giving the hedgehog a chance to regain his balance.

"Don't you dare hurt my Sonic!" Amy growled as she ran towards Metal ready to bat him with her hammer but before she could swing Metal was ready. He quickly spun and swung at her with his hammer upwards sending her into the air. He then grabbed Sonic with his huge clawed hand and threw him at Amy.

The robot began to cackle evilly but at that moment Tails kicked him right in the chest.

"You think you're so tough well show me what you got!"

"If you wish!" said the robot as he transformed his right hand into a huge clawed hand just like his left.

Metal Sonic immediately charged at Tails swiping at him from all directions but Tails was ready. Using his twin tails as shields and swiftly moving out the way keeping himself safe. There seems to be no flaws in his stats. He is amazingly fast yet has great power. Almost at the level of an all-around type. Hm... I wonder... the young fox was beginning to come up with a strategy.

"You can't dodge my attacks forever flea bag!" growled Metal.

"I don't plan to!" replied Tails as he crouched and tails swiped Metal causing him to lose balance and fall. As he fell Tails grabbed his leg and flew into the sky. I've only got one shot at this! I've got to make it count!

Sonic crashed right into Amy while she was in the air. The two hedgehogs then began to fall to the ground with great speed. They crashed onto the cold, hard ground. Sonic groaned.

"That damn robot," Sonic said as he clutched where his robot counterpart had slashed him. "Ugh. That rust bucket really tagged me with those claws. Time for a bit of payback!" Sonic looked over at Amy who was covered in bruises and rubbing her head. "I've got to help Tails. You stay here! You've taken enough beatings today. No arguments!" said Sonic before he dashed off to help his little bro'.

Metal Sonic struggled as Tails was holding him upside down and flying higher into the sky.

"Put me down you inferior lifeform!" yelled Metal as he slashed at Tails' arms.

Tails didn't reply he just kept going higher and tried not to drop Metal even if he was slashing his hands. When Tails got high enough he stopped going up.

"Finally. Now put me down and I may let you liv-" Metal was once again cut short as he was being swung around by Tails as if he was a rag-doll. With each spin Tails got faster and faster and faster. Metal couldn't even struggle out of Tails' grip he was moving to fast. Even for him!

"Okay here goes nothing! Special move! Tornado Spin Swing!" yelled out Tails.

Tails was at his maximum speed and let Metal go. Metal went crashing to the ground as if he was a stone that someone threw off a building. Metal hit the ground with a mighty smash and even made an impact on the ground. Tails looked proud. His special move worked and Metal was down for now at least.

"That overgrown lab rat... How dare he make a mockery out of me! The Metal Overlord! I will show him true pain and fear!" Metal said angrily as he stood up. He began to charge up a dark energy ball that kept growing.

"No way! He shouldn't be able to do that! Not after the way he smashed into the ground!" Tails said with a hit of worry in his voice.

"You see rodent. I'm not the same as I was before," Metal Sonic began as his energy ball grew bigger and bigger. "I am new and improved. Better than I ever was and none of you will stop me from reaching my goals this time!"

Tails was frozen with shock and fear. He couldn't believe Metal was still active.

"And with that. Goodbye! Special move! Spiritus Raptor!" Metal called for his special move and Tails clenched his eyes shut knowing that the end was coming.

"Not on my watch!" shouted a familiar voice.

Metal looked over and was fly kicked away not being able to fire his special move. Tails opened his eyes wondering why death had not come yet.

"Sonic!? You're okay!" called out Tails with relief.

"Yeah I'm fine but Metal won't be in a second!" Sonic stated as he started to charge up his spin technique to higher speeds than his normal spin dash.

Metal stood up and dusted himself off.

"I'm slowly getting sick and tired of these animals not letting me finish my sentences or my enemies. It is annoying!" growled Metal as he looked over at who kicked him. "Oh here we go,"

"Special Move! Sonic Spinball!" yelled out Sonic as he dashed forward at the speed of sound bouncing of building and into metal as if he was a ball in a pinball machine. The robot couldn't keep up with Sonic going this fast. He got hit horizontally, vertically, diagonal, from the left, right then finally Sonic dashed right into him sending the robot flying backwards. Sonic came out from his spin and smirked as he saw Metal on the ground.

"Like I said many times before. The copy will never beat the original! Too bad for you Metal Sonic!" grinned the hedgehog.

The metal hedgehog slowly stood up clearly more than just a little ticked off.

"You may have one this battle but I'll win the war hedgehog. I wasn't even fighting at full force and I already had you and your pathetic Freedom Fighters on the ropes and panting for breath. Anyway I have what I came for!" Metal said pulling out the purple Chaos Emerald.

"A Chaos Emerald!? No way! Why are you after them too? You already have the Master Emerald!" Tails said as he flew down to the ground next to Sonic.

"That's for me to know and for you to find out young one!" Metal said coldly.

"Oh don't think you're getting away with that bolt brain!" Sonic yelled as he jumped at Metal.

"Chaos Control!" yelled the metalic hedgehog and he disappeared in a flash of light.

Sonic fell onto the ground as he just missed his opponent.

"Dang it! Knuckles never said he could use Chaos Control now without transforming into Metal Overlord!" Sonic said with annoyance.

"Hey don't be so hard on Knuckles. We've got more important things to worry about. Such as finding out why Metal wants the Chaos Emeralds." Tails reminded.

"Yeah you're right," Sonic agreed.

"Guys! Did you get him!? Did you get my Chaos Emerald back!?" Amy said running up to the two.

"Your Chaos Emerald?" Tails looked confused.

"Yes mine! I found it last week and today I decided I would take it and give it to Sonic as gift since you know I haven't seen him in a while but that tin head decided to attack me and take it from me! But you guys got it back right!?" Amy said with hope in her voice.

The blue hedgehog and yellow fox looked at each other then looked back at Amy and simultaneously shook their heads slowly.

"What!?" Amy shouted.

"Hey Amy! Take it easy! He was much stronger than we thought!" Sonic said shielding himself. He didn't want to be under the wrath of Amy's anger. "Besides! You're safe! That's all that matters... right!?" he continued.

"Well... I guess it was sweet of you to come save me," Amy said calming down. "But couldn't you have just ran after him? You've always been a little bit faster than him." Amy asked.

"Well that's the thing. He never ran off. He used Chaos Control!" Tails stated.

Amy looked on shocked.

"He's on another level now isn't he?" she asked.

"It doesn't matter! We know what he's after now. The Chaos Emeralds. All we have to do is get the other six emeralds before him then snatch his one and he'll be finished!" said Sonic. "Tails you left the Chaos Energy detector at your house so it would finish updating. Would you say it's finished now?" he asked.

"It'll be done by the time we get back!" replied Tails.

"Okay good! You take Amy back to your house and tend to her wounds." commanded Sonic.

"Aren't you coming with us?" asked Amy.

"I'm going to Green Hill first. I need to get something from my house. I'll meet you guys back at Tails'!" Sonic said before speeding off.

"That guy doesn't even say goodbye! No manners!" growled Amy.

"Come on Amy. Let me fly you to my house. You're pretty beat up but I can help," the fox said cautiously trying not to get on Amy's bad side.

"Fine let's go" sighed the bruised pink hedgehog.

Tails carefully picked her up and began to fly back to Mystic Ruins.

Thirty minutes they had reached Tails' house and Tails had begun to tend to Amy's wounds.

"Hey! Be gentle!" shouted Amy.

"I'm sorry but if you want me to help you I have to do it like this," sighed Tails.

"He's never gentle when tending to wounds," added Knuckles.

"Hey! Quiet you! You owe me. Your wounds were worse and you're almost better," sneered Tails.

"Ugh. Don't remind me," Knuckles replied.

At that moment Sonic entered in the lab.

"Sorry I'm late guys! Stopped to get food!" said the hedgehog as he took a bite out of his chilli dog.

"You stopped to get food at a time like this!?" growled Knuckles.

"Hey! A guy has gotta eat! I got a big battle ahead!" said Sonic with a cheeky grin.

"After all these years I still don't like your attitude," Knuckles said in annoyance.

"I know... You love my attitude!" smirked Sonic.

"Shut up!" shouted Knuckles.

"You get worked up so easily!" laughed Sonic. He then turned his attention to Tails. "Hey is the Chaos Energy detector ready yet?"

"Yep!" replied Tails as he finished putting the last bandage on Amy's leg. "Good and ready to go. I've added the Chaos Energy detector software to my computer too I can track them from here too!"

"Good idea Tails! So let's get to tracking the nearest emerald!" said Sonic.

Tails nodded and got to work on his computer. Sonic looked over at Amy and she looked back.

"Are you sure you're okay enough to go out with us?" asked Sonic.

"A few cuts and bruises never won't stop me. I'll be fine," replied Amy.

"But Amy..." said Sonic.

"Sonic, I'm going! You won't stop me," said Amy not letting him finish.

Sonic gave up. Something about Amy had changed. She wasn't all over him and asking him to protect her any more. She had grown more independent and Sonic wasn't sure how to handle it. He ended up shaking it off.

"Oh no!" shouted Tails.

"What is it!?" asked Sonic as he walked next to him.

"Well I found the closest Chaos Emerald energy signature..."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Sonic asked with a confused expression.

"Not when it's located in G.U.N. HQ! They'll never give us that emerald!" said Tails.

"Damn it! Why couldn't things be so simple!?" the hedgehog asked himself.

"And that's not the worst part..." Tails points at the screen. "There is another Chaos Emerald energy signature and this one is moving towards G.U.N. HQ..."

"So that can only mean..." started Amy.

"Metal Sonic is heading towards there too!" growled Knuckles.

"Okay guys we need to head there now! Tails you take Knuckles and Amy there with the Tornado 2. I'll get there on foot!" commanded Sonic.

"Okay!" Tails said.

Knuckles and Amy nodded at Sonic.

"Let's show that creep the power of the Freedom Fighters!" yelled Sonic as he ran out of the house and towards G.U.N. HQ.

End Of Chapter.


Well this was fun to write. Metal Sonic vs. Sonic, Tails and Amy and they still never managed to destroy him. It turned out he wasn't even using his full strength. The Freedom Fighters are clearly up for a big fight! This chapter included three more special moves. Tails' Tornado Spin Swing which I got the idea from Sonic Advance 3 when Tails does that Tornado Spin move. There is Sonic's Sonic Spinball attack in which he acts like an actual pinball and bounces off of things into his opponent. Then there is Metal's Spiritus Raptor which is actually Latin for Robber Of Life. Pretty scary huh? Anyway the gang are now racing to G.U.N. HQ so they can stop Metal from getting the emerald. They're in for a big battle but they won't be alone. A few familiar faces work for G.U.N. Who are they you ask? Well you're going to have to wait and see! Thanks for reading! Hope you all enjoyed! Please review! :D